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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that employment
tribunals can hear claims under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in
relation to association with a disabled person.

In EBR Attridge Law LLP and another v Coleman
(No.2) [2010] IRLR 10 EAT, the EAT held that the Disability
Discrimination Act 1995 should be construed so as to prohibit associative
discrimination - that is, discrimination against a person who is not disabled
on the grounds of his or her association with a disabled person.

Key points

The ECJ ruling that associative discrimination
contravenes the prohibition of direct discrimination by the Equal Treatment
Framework Directive made it clear that protection against direct discrimination
and harassment on the grounds of disability is not limited to individuals who
are themselves disabled.

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